Cask.



No. 866,014. PATENTED SEPT. 17, 1907.

- J. GILMOUR.

CASK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21. 1906.

15E NORRIS PETERS ca, WASHINGTON. D. c.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GILMOUR, OF OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY.

GASK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1'7, 1907.

Application filed August 21,1906- Serial No. 331,515.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OI-IN GILMoUR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Owensboro, in the county of Daviess and State of Kentucky, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Casksfand I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side view of the invention as applied. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the lining straps.

The invention has relation to knock down hogsheads for leaf tobacco, and other purposes, and it consists in the novel construction and combinations of devices as hereinafter set forth.

The object of the invention .is mainly to provide a receptacle of the character indicated, wherein the inside wall is sheer and without obstruction, and whose staves are adapted to be put in form and held together by simple means readily applied, and readily disconnected. Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, the letter a, designates wooden staves, which ,are designed to be smooth throughout on their inside and outside surfaces and beveled on the edges in accordance with the curvature of the hogshead. Some of these staves are provided with perforations 7), near their ends. At each end of the hogshead are the heads 0, and d, which may be made in sections. A croze or groove in the staves for engagement with the head is not required.

The staves are set up and held in position by means of wire bulge hoops'e, having loop ends f, and wire connections 9. These wire hoops are adjustable and are designed to be drawn tightly around the set up staves by means of a drawing clamp (not shown) which holds the loop ends in position for the attachment of the link or connection g.

The staves are secured at their ends by means of external end hoops Ir, which are provided with slots m, at intervals of six or nine inches, these slots being designed for the passage of short bolts 12, which are secured by nuts. The slots are designed to be long enough to allow for some irregularity in the position of the holes I), of the staves, through which the bolts also pass.

Sectional flange stops or lining straps p, are designed to be placed inside the ends of the staves on the outside of the heads, these inside stops being curved nearly in accordance with the contour of the hogshead inside the staves, but having some outward spring so as to provide for slight differences in the size of the staves. The lining stops are therefore of strap like form, and have slight flanges t, on their inside edges, designed to abut against the head sections. Slots m, are also provided in these strap stops at intervals apart similar to those of the outer bands. The lining straps are short, being less than semi-circular, as they are not required to abut against each other at their ends, because of the greater facility of adjustment. As these sectional straps are outside the head, it is apparent that within the packing space of the hogshead there is no obstruction, the

heads being prevented from falling in by the automatic pressure of the compressed tobacco within the hogshead.

In setting up the barrel, the staves are set up within a form, and the wire hoops are placed around them at the bulge, near each end. These wire hoops are drawn tightly, causing the staves to close laterally together, and the link connections being secured to the loops of the straps, the staves will be held together in shape and the form may be removed. Each link connection consists of a short piece of stout wire having a loop or hook s, at one end, and a pliable hook portion to, at the other end.

When the loops of the wire hoop are drawn to position, the link being connected to one loop of said hoop, is adjustably secured to the other hoop by means of a pair of pincers. In setting the staves in position, those which have perforations are placed alternately with the imperforate staves, so as to have their holes in proper position for the connection bolts. Or, each stave may be provided with perforations. I

The outside end hoops k, are then forced on the ends of the staves, and the stop straps for the bottom head are put in place. Then the bottom head is forced in position against the flanges of the stop straps. The connection bolts pass through the sectional stop straps, the staves, and the external hoop, and are secured by the nuts of such bolts.

The hogshead is now ready forfilling, and the tobacco is forced in by means of a hydraulic or other press. The sections of the top head having been placed in position next to the tobacco, this head is also forced to position within the circle of stave ends, and while held therein by the press plunger, the strap stops for this head are put in place and secured by their connection bolts. The expansive pressure of the tobacco holds the heads against the flanged stop straps, and these being held securely by the bolts, which connect them to the staves and the external hoops, the hogshead is secure When the hogshead is to be discharged, the bolts are withdrawn, the wire hoops disconnected, by releasing their end connections, and the external band hoops are knocked off. The staves then fall away from the tobacco. As no part of the hogshead is injured, it is apparent that it can be packed in small compass with its connecting hoops and other parts, and reshipped to the place from whence it came for repacking.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A knock down cask, consisting of a series of staves having a smooth inner surface throughout, and end perforations, external detachable end hoops, having slots, internal elastic arcuate lining straps having slots corresponding to the slots of the end hoops'and inner flanges, connection In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

.TOIIN GILMOUR.

Witnesses:

ROBERT A. BOSWELL, GEORGE M. ANDERSON. 

